"BlackBerry remains committed to being headquartered in Waterloo and having a strong presence in Canada along with other global hubs," said BlackBerry CEO and executive chair John Chen in a release Tuesday afternoon.

However, the pamphlet promoting the company's real estate holdings noted that more than 2.2 million square feet of real estate in Waterloo would be sold, including buildings and property, which it says is "historically renowned as BlackBerry’s home base and the epicentre of much of the technological innovation developed by BlackBerry over the past 30 years."